Indigenous data sovereignty and missing education data

This chapter argues that for Indigenous peoples globally the concepts of Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov) and Indigenous Data Governance (IDGov) are key components for Indigenous peoples to attain good educational data that reflects their worldview. In this chapter, we focus on the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, although there are parallels with Indigenous peoples internationally. For Australia’s Indigenous peoples, often a good education is seen as being more holistic than solely Anglo-Australian measures prioritised in state and non-state educational data, with Indigenous peoples valuing aspects like Indigenous culture, Indigenous language, and a person’s integration within the Indigenous family unit and community. In this chapter, we explore IDSov and IDGov and detail how a more holistic and comprehensive education can be attained by all through the integration of Indigenous worldviews into curricula and subsequently data.